Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said that contradictions between state and federal law regarding medical marijuana usage will ultimately be a decision that federal prosecutors must reconcile. In the interim, Rutledge is advising state lawmakers to follow through with their duties to incorporate a voter-approved amendment into Arkansas code. Rutledge, who appeared on Talk Business […]

CALEDONIA TOWNSHIP, MI — Two men were shot and killed in a Walmart parking lot after taking to Craigslist to try and sell medical marijuana overages. But, an advocate for the medical marijuana community said situations like this could have been prevented if lawmakers responded quicker to issues arising from the state’s medical marijuana law. […]

By The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah proposal that would allow universities to study medical marijuana has cleared its first committee meeting. Marijuana in Utah and research On the campaign trail: Utah gov hopeful pushes for expanded medical marijuana in wake of wife’s guilty plea No changes for Utah marijuana laws: Bill […]

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SAN DIEGO – For the first time, the City Council Tuesday will take up proposed rules for establishments that plan to deal in recreational marijuana in San Diego. The regulatory package, which would update the city’s Land Development Code and Local Coastal Program, will come before the council members one week after it extended a […]

Elaine Thompson Telegram Gazette Staff WESTBOROUGH – Voters at the annual election and town meeting in March will be asked to decide whether the town should prohibit marijuana businesses that are not medical. In November, 54 percent of Massachusetts voters approved the legalization of recreational marijuana use for people 21 and older. But Westborough voters […]

By Ovetta Wiggins and Fenit Nirappil, The Washington Post A group of Democratic lawmakers in Maryland want the state to join a growing number of others that have legalized marijuana for recreational use, taxing and regulating sales of the drug similar to the way the state deals with alcohol. Legislators said Monday that adults aged […]

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Authorities say a former federal prison inmate in New Hampshire has pleaded guilty to having a synthetic cannabinoid in the prison. NH1 reports 36-year-old Jason Ponder pleaded guilty in federal court on Thursday to possessing contraband in the Federal Correctional Institution in Berlin. Authorities say Ponder’s girlfriend visited him in March […]

Cannabis was added to the U.S. pharmacopeia (USP) in 1851, which has been used since the 1820s to identify and standardize prescription and over-the-counter drugs for medical use. Back then, the USP was comprised almost entirely of botanical drugs. From 1850 to 1937, “Extractum Cannabis,” or hemp extract, was used for a wide range of outcomes, […]

Although cannabis is now legal in 28 states for medical purposes and eight states and the District of Columbia for recreation, conclusive evidence about the harms and benefits of cannabis use remains elusive. In March 2016, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine convened a committee of 16 health experts to conduct a comprehensive […]

House Republicans shot down medical marijuana reforms Monday expanding access to oils to people with more diseases, but key members indicated they can be swayed on the measures. With a Senate measure on the same subject already clearing that chamber on a bipartisan vote, it’s still possible change could come this session. But Monday night […]